Tectonic Plates Review

A break in rock at or below earth's surface.

• fault

• richter scale

• focus

• epicenter

Location under ground where an earthquake begins.

• focus

• epicenter

• fault

• plate boundary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Normal faults typically occur at this type of plate boundary

• divergent

• transform

• convergent

• strike-slip

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Volcanoes typically DO NOT occur at this type of plate boundary

• Transform

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Reverse

Molten rock beneath the earth's surface

• magma

• lava

• ring of fire

• hot spot

Molten rock beneath the earth's surface

• magma

• lava

• ring of fire

• hot spot

Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.

• tornadoes

• tsunamis

• lightening

• hailstorms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A  line of volcanic activity that is found along the plate boundaries of the Pacific Ocean is known as...

• Ring of Fire

• Aleutian Islands

• Hawaiian Islands

• Caribbean Islands

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of...

• volcanoes forming over a hot spot

• volcanoes forming along a plate boundary

• the Ring of Fire

• continental drift

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When two plates are moving away from each other they are called (often forming rifts or valleys)?

• Divergent Plates

• Convergent Plates

• Transform Boundaries

• Mountain ranges

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3